Hypothetical Question Time

[stknowle]

If offered a guarantee of getting promoted next season would you accept relegation this? I think I would. Let's face it we're going to struggle and if we do survive we'll struggle again next season. At least going down and coming straight back up involves a season of wins. 

*I realise hypothetical also effectively means pointless but fuck it I'm bored.

[Lord Duckhunter]

No

[OttawaSaint]

Utterly pointless thread. You even said it.

[Uncle Albert]

What a ridiculous thing to say.

Edited 15 August, 2021 by Uncle Albert

[Saint Matty 76]

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[Uncle Albert]

If we went down we would lose any good players we have and I could see us getting stuck in limbo like Norwich.

[stknowle]

I withdraw the question. Sorry!!!!

[Sarisbury Saint]

3 minutes ago, Uncle Albert said:

If we went down we would lose any good players we have and I could see us getting stuck in limbo like Norwich.

Redmond, Bednarek, Fraser, McCarthy, Stephens, Djenepo and Ralph. I’d take that. But only on those conditions.

[SNSUN]

No. We may be amongst the dregs of this league but we have a Premier League set up and long may it last. Signing players with the potential of Livramento and the goal potential of Adam Armstrong, or signing players like Danny Fox and Jos Hooiveld. I know which I choose. 

 

It seems crap because we have no investment from Gao but we still have better players than some other teams in this league. Hopefully once our hard start to the season is finished and the transfer window shuts, we'll have signed the couple of players we need to make us more competitive.

 

Also, I know it's hypothetical but going down there are no guarantees to get promoted straight away. Norwich and WBA are seemingly good at it, Watford less so, but we have the sort of luck where we'd get relegated and not even make the play offs. I look at Stoke's team now and it's crap. That could be us in a few years if we're not careful.

 

Imagine a team like:

 

Lewis

Valery

Stephens

Simeu

Vokins

Chauke 

Smallbone

Elyounoussi

Djenepo

Obafemi

N'Lundulu

 

I mean it wouldn't be that bad but it may not be far off! Nah, Prem please. I'd hypothetically take, say 15th again if offered now though. Then next summer we could sign a decent Keeper and offload Long and Co for better players.